ambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1imageIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoLuckily they are tiny tiny wasps, like specks of dust. Anything bigger and I would have run!
minus-squareFosheze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAnything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoThe parasitic ones (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK. Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.
Luckily they are tiny tiny wasps, like specks of dust. Anything bigger and I would have run!
Oh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
Anything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.
The parasitic ones (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK.
Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.